The Selecao are in North America this month for the Gillette International Soccer Series, facing Honduras in Miami tomorrow before meeting Chile in Toronto on November 19.

And having been beaten just once in their last 16 games, the 65-year-old boss says his team is good as anyone.

“Yes, we can put Brazil at the same level of [Germany and Spain],” he told a press conference.

“We have our own style of play, different to both Germany and Spain. We know how we want to play, and we have defined 18, 19 or 20 names that make up the squad and who are all are fully integrated into the group.”

Felipao also reserved praise for Neymar, asserting that Europe is finally seeing what the 21-year-old displayed so consistently in Brazil.

“In Europe they are beginning to recognize that [Neymar] is one of the best in the world,” Scolari said.

“When we said this in Brazil, people claimed we were being overly sentimental. But he is already showing them that he is not any different from the level at which we put him. He is growing there.”

Brazil will likely be without Dani Alves for the clash with Honduras at the Sun Life Stadium after the Barcelona man hobbled out of Thursday's training session with muscle pain. Thiago Silva has been training separately from the group and also looks set to miss out.